Sufficiency as a "Strategy of the Enough": Curbing ecological crises and injustices. A summary of the German Advisory Council on the Environment's discussion paper

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Authors

  • Julia Michaelis
  • Bendix Vogel
  • Sebastian Strunz
  • Wolfgang Lucht
  • Henriette Dahms
  • Christina Dornack
  • Anne Geissler
  • Julia Hertin
  • Franziska Hoffart
  • Claudia Kemfert
  • Manuel Klein
  • Wolfgang Köck
  • Jonas Lage
  • Elisabeth Marquard
  • Sophie Schmalz
  • Josef Settele
  • Bernd Sommer
  • Sebastian Weiss
  • Sophie Wiegand

A recent discussion paper Sufficiency as a "Strategy of the Enough": A Necessary Debate by the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) aims to intensify the debate on sufficiency, a central but neglected element of future-oriented policy. It defines sufficiency as the need to limit the consumption and production of ecologically critical goods and services, mainly by the economically rich, as a basis for reducing distributional injustices and environmental impacts. Rather than proposing specific measures, the paper deliberately aims to explain the need for sufficiency from various scientific disciplines, and invite discussion. Here, the authors of the discussion paper provide a short overview of the analyses and arguments in English.

Original languageEnglish
JournalGAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Volume33
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)275-281
Number of pages7
ISSN0940-5550
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29.10.2024

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